suppress

Example Sentences

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The Constitution gives Congress the power “to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions.”

From Los Angeles Times

Because of that gap, researchers are searching for other ways tumors suppress the immune system.

From Science Daily

Analysts say consumer spending appears to have slowed in the fourth quarter, suppressed in part by the record 43-day government shutdown in which hundreds of thousands of federal workers went unpaid.

From MarketWatch

Analysts say consumer spending appears to have slowed in the fourth quarter, suppressed in part by the record 43-day government shutdown in which hundreds of thousands of federal workers went unpaid.

From MarketWatch

However, she added that "the low inflation reading may prove temporary as shutdown-related data collection disruptions likely suppressed the figure, which could normalise higher once data gathering processes resume".

From Barron's